Lesta Arlone Soderstrom, passed away January 9th, 2023, at home in Louisville, Kentucky at the age of 99. Arlone was born in Madison, Kansas on August 18, 1923, the daughter of Ethel and Amos Chester Garriott.
She graduated from Emporia High School, in Emporia, Kansas. Arlone started as a Teletype operator for the Santa Fe Railroad after high school. She ended her career with the Emporia City Clerk's Office in the Water Department. She was a talented china painter and had been published in the China Painters magazine for inventing a technique to make china look like leather. She was formerly married to Lawrence Soderstrom and farmed in Olivet and Melvern, Kansas. She enjoyed card club with her fellow farmers in Lyndon, Kansas for many years. Arlone was a lifelong and active member of Grace United Methodist Church in Emporia, Kansas. She was in the choir, crafted, and was the threader for the quilters in the Create to Share group. She cherished her family and many friends that became family in Kansas.
Arlone moved to Louisville to live with her daughter Debby in 2015, where she was surrounded by her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She attended Middletown Christian Church and became a member of the Friskies group. Arlone adored the friendships she made in that group. She was preceded in death by her mother and father Ethel and Chester Garriott, sister Delores Rees, and many aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Arlone is survived by her daughter, Debby Rollins; grandchildren, Stacy (Robert) Grovesand Brad (Victoria) Rollins; her cherished great-grandchildren, Devyn and RJ Groves and Grayson and Lucy Rollins and loving cousins Cindy (Bill) Manning, Twila Butts, Kay Sheve, Geraldine Morphus; and a host of relatives and friends.
A celebration of Life will be held in Emporia, Kansas and burial in Blakely Cemetery in Madison, Kansas at a later date.
She graduated from Emporia High School, in Emporia, Kansas. Arlone started as a Teletype operator for the Santa Fe Railroad after high school. She ended her career with the Emporia City Clerk's Office in the Water Department. She was a talented china painter and had been published in the China Painters magazine for inventing a technique to make china look like leather. She was formerly married to Lawrence Soderstrom and farmed in Olivet and Melvern, Kansas. She enjoyed card club with her fellow farmers in Lyndon, Kansas for many years. Arlone was a lifelong and active member of Grace United Methodist Church in Emporia, Kansas. She was in the choir, crafted, and was the threader for the quilters in the Create to Share group. She cherished her family and many friends that became family in Kansas.
Arlone moved to Louisville to live with her daughter Debby in 2015, where she was surrounded by her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She attended Middletown Christian Church and became a member of the Friskies group. Arlone adored the friendships she made in that group. She was preceded in death by her mother and father Ethel and Chester Garriott, sister Delores Rees, and many aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Arlone is survived by her daughter, Debby Rollins; grandchildren, Stacy (Robert) Grovesand Brad (Victoria) Rollins; her cherished great-grandchildren, Devyn and RJ Groves and Grayson and Lucy Rollins and loving cousins Cindy (Bill) Manning, Twila Butts, Kay Sheve, Geraldine Morphus; and a host of relatives and friends.
A celebration of Life will be held in Emporia, Kansas and burial in Blakely Cemetery in Madison, Kansas at a later date.
Lesta Arlone Soderstrom, passed away January 9th, 2023, at home in Louisville, Kentucky at the age of 99. Arlone was born in Madison, Kansas on August 18, 1923, the daughter of Ethel and Amos Chester Garriott.
She graduated from Emporia High School, in Emporia, Kansas. Arlone started as a Teletype operator for the Santa Fe Railroad after high school. She ended her career with the Emporia City Clerk's Office in the Water Department. She was a talented china painter and had been published in the China Painters magazine for inventing a technique to make china look like leather. She was formerly married to Lawrence Soderstrom and farmed in Olivet and Melvern, Kansas. She enjoyed card club with her fellow farmers in Lyndon, Kansas for many years. Arlone was a lifelong and active member of Grace United Methodist Church in Emporia, Kansas. She was in the choir, crafted, and was the threader for the quilters in the Create to Share group. She cherished her family and many friends that became family in Kansas.
Arlone moved to Louisville to live with her daughter Debby in 2015, where she was surrounded by her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She attended Middletown Christian Church and became a member of the Friskies group. Arlone adored the friendships she made in that group. She was preceded in death by her mother and father Ethel and Chester Garriott, sister Delores Rees, and many aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Arlone is survived by her daughter, Debby Rollins; grandchildren, Stacy (Robert) Grovesand Brad (Victoria) Rollins; her cherished great-grandchildren, Devyn and RJ Groves and Grayson and Lucy Rollins and loving cousins Cindy (Bill) Manning, Twila Butts, Kay Sheve, Geraldine Morphus; and a host of relatives and friends.
A celebration of Life will be held in Emporia, Kansas and burial in Blakely Cemetery in Madison, Kansas at a later date.
She graduated from Emporia High School, in Emporia, Kansas. Arlone started as a Teletype operator for the Santa Fe Railroad after high school. She ended her career with the Emporia City Clerk's Office in the Water Department. She was a talented china painter and had been published in the China Painters magazine for inventing a technique to make china look like leather. She was formerly married to Lawrence Soderstrom and farmed in Olivet and Melvern, Kansas. She enjoyed card club with her fellow farmers in Lyndon, Kansas for many years. Arlone was a lifelong and active member of Grace United Methodist Church in Emporia, Kansas. She was in the choir, crafted, and was the threader for the quilters in the Create to Share group. She cherished her family and many friends that became family in Kansas.
Arlone moved to Louisville to live with her daughter Debby in 2015, where she was surrounded by her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She attended Middletown Christian Church and became a member of the Friskies group. Arlone adored the friendships she made in that group. She was preceded in death by her mother and father Ethel and Chester Garriott, sister Delores Rees, and many aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Arlone is survived by her daughter, Debby Rollins; grandchildren, Stacy (Robert) Grovesand Brad (Victoria) Rollins; her cherished great-grandchildren, Devyn and RJ Groves and Grayson and Lucy Rollins and loving cousins Cindy (Bill) Manning, Twila Butts, Kay Sheve, Geraldine Morphus; and a host of relatives and friends.
A celebration of Life will be held in Emporia, Kansas and burial in Blakely Cemetery in Madison, Kansas at a later date.
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